Trunk-tray holder.



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IRUNK TRAY HOLDER. (A lication filed July 14. 190?. (No Model.)

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UNiTEn STATES PATENT OEEioE.

OTTO RANGNOW, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRUNK-TRAY HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming, part of Letters Yatent No. 713,152, datedNovember 11, 1902. Application filed July 14, 1902. fierial No. 115.398.iNo model.)

To all whom it may cancer 1,: square and et a length coextensive Be itknown that l, OTTO RANGNOW, a citiwidth of the trunk. This wasobjectionable zen ot the United Statesn'esiding at No. 59 for severalreasons. It was necessary to use Laurel street, Philadelphia, in thecounty of soft wood,so that they could be attached with- 5 5Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have out splitting. Consequentlythe iron brackets invented certain new and useful Improve- F on thetravs would soon wear the strips ments in a Trunk-Tray Holder, t whichthe away. It was necessary to cover said strips My invention relates toimprovements in a and they cou d not be covered readily unless 60 i0trunk-tray holder, and particularly to that the strips extended to thesides of the trunk, class of holders which are attached to the inas theends would tear the cloth covering, and terior of the trunk to supportthe ends of the therefore the strips had to be cu in lengt s trays.suitable for every size trunk. It is also very The object of myinvention is to construct objectionable to have a holder covered with 65i a tray-holder in such manner that it will supcloth, as the ironbrackets cut the cloth port each tray independently of the other andthrough in a very short time.

which may be at ached to a trunk of any size. In my improved tray-holderI have overo be damhave produced a tray-holder which can be 70 aged bythe constant movement of the trays used in a trunk of any size whichneed not be nor require covering with cloth to give it a covered withcloth. Each tray is supported finished appearan independently of th othed the trays can Referring th drawings, Figuie 1 repre not et ut of l theholder being noin sents a face view of. my invention. Fig. 2 is away. 75a erspecti w of the interiei ot a trun Having thus described myinvention, 1 showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. claim and desireto secure y Letters Fat- In the drawings, A represents the trayholder,which is stamped ironi apiece 0t metal and consists of th back 13, hichs adap e to be secured the insid e end of a The combination in a trun ota tray- 3 trun sho n in Fi t horizonta holderhaving ah zontal po tion,presse ortion which is bent at right angles to t e portion at either endof said horizontal porback a d the ends D h h consis 0 tion, a back andend portions adapted to supa continuation ofthe par O, ben ort saidhorizontal portion, substantially as downwardly to form bracket tostrengthen described. 0 the p 3. The combination in a trunk of atrayhoider having a horizontal portion, depressed either end withdepressions E, on which the portions at either end of; the same toreceiv brackets F ot the lower tray G rest, sai the projections on thetray, and back and cu brackets being more clearly shown in Fig.ortionsto support the horizontal portion The object of having the saidends depressed substantially as described is to bring the brackets ofthe tray G down In testimony. whereof I attix my signatui low enough'sothat he upper tray H, Fig. 3, in presence of two witnesses.

will not rest on them,but rest on the portion I OTTO RANGNOW. O of theholder A. Witnesses:

o Heretotore'the trays in a trunk have been CHESTER B. REANEY,

supported by' strips of wood about one inch REGINALD N. HALL.

